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  2. THE AMERICA CUP.

    "THE third race (and the fifth event of the contest) for the America Cup was sailed to-day, and resulted in a win for the American yacht. The Shamrock finished 3sec. ahead of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  3. NEWS BY WIRE.

    The race for the principal event on the programme for the third day of the New-market first October meeting, run to-day, resulted as under:—Jockey Club Stakes, ...

    Article : 76 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 787 words
  5. THE FORTS ITALA AND PROSPECT FIGHTS.

    Further particulars of the recent fighting at Forts Itala and Prospect state that the attack was made by a force of 4000 Boers. The severity-of the loss inflicted on ...

    Article : 176 words
  6. THE ROYAL TOUR IN CANADA.

    THE Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, who are returning eastward after having crossed the Canadian Dominion to Vancouver, on the Pacific Coast, are now ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. OUR ESK LETTER.

    Here still continues to be dry and fine, the nights and mornings being very chilly. I am afraid if any frost visits this place it will do considerable harm. ...

    Article : 517 words
  8. EXTENSIVE BANK FORGERIES.

    A startling discovery has been made of gigantic forgeries to the extent of £80,000 in notes of the National Bank of Greece. Large quantities of the spurious notes have ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. DETAILS OF THE RACE.

    The third race for the America Cup, which took place to-day, was according to the conditions of the contest, a 15-mile beat to windward and back. The wind, however, was off shore, ...

    Article : 195 words
  10. ALLEGED INFANTICIDE.

    DETECTIVE-SERGEANT WYER to-day arrested Isabella Mary Ellen Dixon, a girl aged 18 year, on a charge of murdering her illegitimate male child. The body ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. BRITISH TOBACCO TRUST.

    A British tobacco trust has now been formed, with a capital of £15,000,000. The combination embraces all the leading manufacturers of tobacco in the United Kingdom. ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. COMMANDANT BRAND WOUNDED.

    Commandant Brand, who was recently prevented by Colonel Plumer from crossing the Caledon River, is reported to have been severely wounded. ...

    Article : 27 words
  13. MINOR OPERATIONS.

    A party of Volunteer Scouts near Help-makaar came into collision with the vanguard of a body of 150 Boers. A force of 330 Boers made an attack on ...

    Article : 78 words
  14. HUNGARIAN POLITICS.

    In connection with the Parliamentary elections now proceeding in Hungary, M. Koloman Tisza, the ex-Premier, was defeated at Grosswardein by an adherent of ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. FURTHER PARTICULARS.

    At the start Shamrock II. carried her largest club topsail. The sea was smooth, and the yachts travelled at a terrific pace before the wind, which, however, fell flatter as the cuter ...

    Article : 260 words
  16. FOREST HILL LETTER.

    THE weather just now is all that could be desired, and in consequence our farmers are all very busy on the land. The lucerne crops are exceptionaly good and splendid cuttings are ...

    Article : 960 words
  17. RIOTING IN HUNGARY.

    Rioting of a serious character has occurred at Pinezthely and other places in Hungary, and troops had to be called out to quell the disturbances, 20 of the rioters ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. CHANGE IN COMMAND.

    It is announced that General Stephenson has succeeded General Beatson in the command of the British columns operating in the southern portion of Cape Colony. ...

    Article : 31 words
  19. THE SITUATION IN CRETE.

    The French and Russian Consuls-General in Crete have been withdrawn, and there are indications that Greece is strengthening her influence in the island. ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. A COLONIAL WOUNDED.

    Private N. D. Giles, of the Fifth Victorian Mounted Infantry Contingent, has been dangerously wounded, accidentally, at Nqutu, in Zululand. ...

    Article : 24 words
  21. THE BOER WAR.

    THE Boer leader, Commandant Scheepers, who recently crossed the Olifant River in the west of Cape Colony with his commando, and was proceeding in a southward direction, ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. Other Items.

    Lieutenant Bell, of Western Australia, and Farrier-major Hardsham, of New Zealand, who were mentioned in despatches for conspicuous and self-sacrificing acts of ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. OUR LAIDLEY LETTER.

    SINCE last Tuesday the weather has been delightful, the strong westerly winds, after serving to dry up the mud accruing from Sunday's rain, giving place to genial warm ...

    Article : 1,544 words
  24. KING EDWARD'S HEALTH.

    His Majesty King Edward, who has been suffering from an attack of rheumatism, has now almost recovered. ...

    Article : 23 words
  25. AN IMPORTANT PRISONER.

    Among the 22 Boers who were captured lately at Reitz was Plarre Devillers, who in 1900 prosecuted 50 British residents of the Orange River Colony at Harrismith for ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. WOOD FOR STREET PAVING.

    The contract for street paving with American red gum, which was the subject of a protest from Mr. H. B. Lefroy, Agent-General for Western Australia, in August ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. QUEENSLAND LOCOMOTIVE MEN.

    MR. NUTT, Chief Mechanical Engineer, was again seen by a representative of this journal ("Courier") on Thursday with reference to the complains which have been ...

    Article : 388 words
  28. BREACHES OF NEUTRALITY.

    Recent trials at Pretoria have shown that many of the Boers who had taken the oath of neutrality, and were in receipt of relief from the British authorities, were in ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. A FATAL FIRE.

    LATER particulars regarding the burning fatality at Tweedemuir, near Richmond, state that Mr. James Murray entered the store-room with a naked light for the purpose of procuring ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. A.D.C. TO SIR ARTHUR HAVELOCK.

    Lieutenant Gaskel, of the Yorkshire Dragoons (Imperial Yeomanry), has been appointed an extra side-de-camp to Sir Arthur E. Havelock, the new Governor of ...

    Article : 34 words
  31. NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    THE export of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales, for the nine months ended 30th September was 2,373,360 tons, an increase of 176,974 tone on the same period in last year. ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. BRITISH TROOPS AT VRYHEID.

    General Walter Kitchener's column has now arrived at Vryheid, in the south-eastern portion of the Transvaal, where the Boers under General Botha have lately ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. HEAVY LOSSES AMONG BRITISH OFFICERS.

    In the series of engagements in the west of the Transvaal at the end of last month between the Boers and the British under Colonel Kekewich, the latter lost 26 of his ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF WOUNDED.

    News has been received of brutal treatment of the British wounded after the recent heavy fighting at Fort Itala, on the Zulu frontier. Dr. Fielding, a British ...

    Article : 92 words
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